Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story, a baby comes along to fill the child hollow. But in life, the hollows continue empty.
Franny BillingsleyFather sighed. โPlease spare me these arguments of yours.โ โWhose arguments should I use?
Franny BillingsleyI explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.
Franny BillingsleyThoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you donโt know how you got from one to the next.
Franny Billingsley